- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Stacia
Stacia Gilstrap is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting concerns. She also supports clients facing trauma and abuse, LGBTQ issues, mood changes, and challenges with sleep and eating. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people take practical steps forward.
Stacia focuses on short, clear conversations that identify worry points and workable goals. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice unhelpful thoughts, and uses acceptance-based tools to help people live by their values.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She pays attention to attachment patterns and relationship dynamics when those issues affect daily life or parenting. Dialectical behavior ideas are used when strong emotions or impulsive reactions get in the way.
Stacia blends approaches to fit the problem being addressed. Clients can expect practical skills for coping with panic, impulsivity, anger, and low self-esteem. She also helps with longer term concerns like bipolar mood management, career questions, and life purpose work.
Sessions aim to be usable between meetings. Stacia has five years of experience as an LPC in Missouri. She offers sessions in English and works through common life stressors with an emphasis on building steady routines and clearer communication.
The first meeting focuses on what you want to change and the next best step.
What Stacia works with
Everything Stacia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Stacia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stacia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful when life feels stuck or when worry prevents taking meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety or panic symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and daily rhythms. That might mean starting with problem-focused CBT exercises and adding acceptance or attachment-focused work over time.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when demonstration or visual cues help. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to send short updates, practice skills between sessions, or get a brief check during the week. These options let people fit sessions into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or varied routines while keeping therapy consistent.
Questions people ask about Stacia
What concerns does Stacia address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, eating and sleeping problems, and mood or attention challenges.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style is collaborative and direct, combining cognitive behavioral work, acceptance-based exercises, attachment-focused insight, and practical skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
What is her professional background?
Stacia is a Licensed Professional Counselor with five years of clinical experience working in Missouri settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds an MO LPC credential and provides services while based in Missouri.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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